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Monday, November 28, 2011
Sony Ericsson to shut down Sync service, recommends Google Sync instead
Like bubbles casually floating on the horizon, Sony Ericsson's Sync service is about to fade into obscurity. Last week, the company formerly known as Sony Ericsson confirmed that Sync will be shut down on December 29th, in favor of similar offerings from Google and other companies. In a statement posted to its site, the manufacturer explained that the service had to be cut, "since it was meant for old generation phones and our aim is to create a more enhanced and integrated smartphone experience for you." Sony Ericsson suggests using Google Sync as an alternative, though Plaxo and UNYK are also viable. Check out the source link below for detailed instructions on how to make the transition.
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Sunday, November 27, 2011
3 American students arrested in Cairo leave Egypt (AP)
CAIRO ? Three American students arrested during a protest in Cairo caught flights out of Egypt early Saturday, according to an airport official and an attorney for one of the trio.
The three were arrested on the roof of a university building near Tahrir Square last Sunday. Officials accused them of throwing firebombs at security forces fighting with protesters. On Thursday, a court ordered them released. All three were studying at the American University in Cairo.
Luke Gates, 21, and Derrik Sweeney, 19, left the Egyptian capital Saturday on separate flights to Frankfurt, Germany, an airport official in Cairo said. Gregory Porter, 19, also left the country, his attorney said.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief reporters.
Attorney Theodore Simon, who represents Porter, a student at Drexel University in Philadelphia, said police escorted the three students to the Cairo airport Friday. Simon later said his client was on a flight.
"I am pleased and thankful to report that Gregory Porter is in the air. He has departed Egyptian airspace and is on his way home," Simon said, though he declined to say when Porter was expected back in the U.S.
Simon said he and Porter's mother both spoke by phone with the student, who is from the Philadelphia suburb of Glenside.
"He clearly conveyed to me ... that he was OK," Simon told The Associated Press.
Gates is a student at Indiana University. It wasn't clear when he was expected back in the U.S.
Joy Sweeney told the AP her son, a 19-year-old Georgetown University student from Jefferson City, Mo., would fly from Frankfurt to Washington, then on to St. Louis. She said family will meet him when he arrives late Saturday.
"I am ecstatic," Sweeney said Friday. "I can't wait for him to get home tomorrow night. I can't believe he's actually going to get on a plane. It is so wonderful."
Sweeney said she had talked with her son Friday afternoon and "he seemed jubilant."
"He thought he was going to be able to go back to his dorm room and get his stuff," she said. "We said, `No, no, don't get your stuff, we just want you here.'"
The university will ship his belongings home, she said.
Sweeney had earlier said she did not prepare a Thanksgiving celebration this week because the idea seemed "absolutely irrelevant" while her son still was being held.
"I'm getting ready to head out and buy turkey and stuffing and all the good fixings so that we can make a good Thanksgiving dinner," she said Friday.
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Associated Press writers Sandy Kozel in Washington; Kathy Matheson and Maryclaire Dale in Philadelphia; and Dana Fields in Kansas City, Mo., contributed to this report.
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Companies give GOP, regulators, different messages (AP)
WASHINGTON ? Large and small companies have told Republican-led congressional committees what the party wants to hear: dire predictions of plant closings and layoffs if the Obama administration succeeds with plans to further curb air and water pollution.
But their message to financial regulators and investors conveys less gloom and certainty.
The administration has clouded the picture by withdrawing or postponing some of the environmental initiatives that industry labeled as being among the most onerous.
Still, Republicans plan to make what they call regulatory overreach a 2012 campaign issue.
The Associated Press compared the companies' congressional testimony to company reports submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The reports to the SEC consistently said the impact of environmental proposals is unknown or would not cause serious financial harm to a firm's finances.
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Saturday, November 26, 2011
Olympus ex-CEO Woodford in tense boardroom talks (Reuters)
TOKYO (Reuters) ? The ex-CEO of Japan's disgraced Olympus Corp attended what he called a tense but civilized board meeting on Friday with the directors who had sacked him, and said all hoped the firm could avoid being delisted over the scandal engulfing it.
But Michael Woodford, still an Olympus director despite being fired as CEO a month ago and blowing the whistle over the accounting scam, said there had been no talk of him returning to lead a clean-up of the once-proud maker of cameras and endoscopes.
"We had a constructive and honest exchange," Woodford, a Briton, told about 50 reporters and TV crews that had waited for him to emerge from Olympus's central Tokyo headquarters.
"There is clearly a shared desire that the company's not delisted," added a calm and jovial Woodford, back in Japan for the first time since fleeing the country immediately after his October 14 sacking.
Olympus had fired Woodford, a rare foreign CEO in Japan, alleging he had failed to adapt to Japanese culture and the company's management style. Woodford says he was axed for questioning dubious merger and acquisition payments.
Woodford later said in a group interview that the directors at the meeting had sought to be civilized, but tension was in the air. There were no handshakes -- and no apology, he added.
"There was a tension in the room, but there seemed to be an understanding that it was in no one's interest to raise the temperature," he said. "They didn't shake my hand and I didn't offer mine. We said good morning and goodbye."
The 51-year-old freckle-faced Briton had left Japan after his dismissal citing concerns for his safety, amid speculation that organized crime was involved in the scandal.
Olympus first denied any wrongdoing, but later admitted it had hidden investment losses from investors for two decades and used some of $1.3 billion in M&A payments to aid the cover-up.
TOP PRIORITY: AVOID DELISTING
Woodford said after Friday's board meeting that the top priority was for Olympus to meet a December 14 deadline for filing its financial statements for the six-months to September -- after which, he added, current management should go.
"The priority is that we re-present our accounts on the 14th of December which is a prerequisite that the company can remain tradeable," Woodford said.
The 92-year-old company would be automatically delisted if it misses the December 14 deadline, though the Tokyo Stock Exchange might still delist the firm, depending on the scale of its past misstatements or if a link is found to "yakuza" gangsters.
A third-party panel appointed by Olympus to look into the accounting scam said this week that it had not yet found any evidence of involvement by organized crime.
The board meeting followed news on Thursday night that two Olympus directors and an internal auditor blamed for the scandal had quit and that the current management was ready to step down once the firm's recovery was on track.
But Woodford wants the rest of the board to go as well, and soon. He said after the meeting that current president Shuichi Takayama should stay until December 14, but that changes could start thereafter.
Backed by some big shareholders, Woodford has repeatedly said he is willing to reclaim the top job and lead a clean-up.
Woodford also said Japanese authorities probing the scandal, whom he met in Tokyo on Thursday, wanted to talk to him again.
Tokyo police, prosecutors and regulators have launched a rare joint probe of the scandal, which has revived concerns about lax corporate governance at Japanese firms.
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and Britain's Serious Fraud Office are also looking into the affair.
Olympus shares have rallied over the past two weeks on speculation that it will escape delisting and be able to save its core business. They soared as much as 25 percent on Friday and last traded around 14 percent higher. The stock is still trading at about half of its pre-scandal level.
"Today's rise is just a continuation of those willing to take a risk to make a profit, buying what they think is an oversold share," said Fujio Ando, senior managing director of Chibagin Asset Management.
"It's too early to make conclusions about what will happen to the company. The investigations are just beginning, and the management situation is still unclear."
(Writing by Linda Sieg; Editing by Mark Bendeich)
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91% The Descendants
All Critics (141) | Top Critics (41) | Fresh (129) | Rotten (12)
One of the year's best films, a bubbly meditation on family and responsibility that weighs just enough to matter.
With so many balls in the air the temptation is to rush from one plot strand to another, but Payne takes the opposite approach. He also captures the complexity of emotional reactions that grief stirs.
It's a lovely, heartfelt character study of common, everyday people trapped on the horns of an uncommon but not unheard-of dilemma.
The latest exhibit in Payne's careful dissection of the beached male, which runs from Matthew Broderick's character in "Election" to Jack Nicholson's in "About Schmidt" and Paul Giamatti's in "Sideways."
This mature, well-acted dramatic comedy is deeply satisfying, maybe even cathartic.
A tough, tender, observant, exquisitely nuanced portrait of mixed emotions at their most confounding and profound -- all at play within a deliciously damp, un-touristy Hawaii that's at once lush and lovely to look at.
A heartbreaking story with satisfying emotional payoffs, and truly beautiful Hawaiian photography.
George Clooney and Shailene Woodley are terrific as lost-soul dad and old-soul daughter in Alexander Payne's funny, thoughtful film.
Marked by stellar performances and an incisive screenplay, The Descendants packs a real Hawaiian punch.
The best thing here is Clooney, cleverly dropping some of his man's man mannerisms to make Matt less of an idea and more of a human.
It's smart, funny, heartbreaking, heartwarming, wise, and, despite some sad moments, genuinely optimistic. I experienced more feelings watching it than I usually get from ten movies.
Well-acted and touching with a mild eye for human foibles, this is one of the better-written films of the year.
What's so special about Payne's approach in The Descendants is how acutely observed and subtle the movie is, especially since the previews are selling it as a broader, more absurd comedy.
If you see The Descendants, see it for Clooney (and Woodley), but don't believe the hype that it's one for the ages.
A lot of The Descendants is affecting, but its mushier tone is often less emotionally resonant than the bitter sarcasm of Payne's earlier work.
This unforgettable movie succeeds by making audiences feel like a part of the family. Clooney knocks it out of the park with a marvelous performance. Woodley makes a strong bid for a supporting actress nomination. The supporting players are all given...
Here's where I am right now: The Descendants is the best movie of 2011. It is the movie of the year, in many ways beyond its simple superlative overall excellence.
(Clooney) is at the top of his game in his scenes alone with the comatose Elizabeth. Asking questions that are unable to be answered, his pain at his loss and her betrayal is heartbreaking.
Audiences will argue about whether it's a comedy or a drama, but they'll agree they saw a wonderful film.
The Descendants finds Payne, now 50, having arrived in midlife with a new maturity, eschewing solipsism and snickers for a deeper engagement with the world.
Clooney has never been better, displaying more range and less actor-ego than ever before... The Descendants would still be a splendid movie without him; with Clooney, it's one of 2011's very best.
It's good, but far less than you'd expect from the guy who started his career with the gleefully provocative Citizen Ruth and Election.
In the hands of writer-director Alexander Payne, Clooney has rarely seemed so much at home.
There are ample opportunities for the film to soak in pathos, righteousness, farce, or pictorialism, and Payne manages to nod at those pitfalls without falling into them.
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Friday, November 25, 2011
Macy?s Thanksgiving Day Parade app now in the App Store
Macy?s Thanksgiving Day Parade app is now available in the App Store. If you are planning on heading out to watch it, this could be invaluable. This year is the 85th Annual Macy?s Day Thanksgiving Parade so if you want to ensure you do not miss a...
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